“One of the techniques that intelligence agencies are using to recruit their spies is to approach people applying for visas and use the visas as bait to entrap them,” Moslehi said. “People should be vigilant, and thanks to God, our people are vigilant.” Moslehi has made several references in recent months to visas being used to induce Iranians to spy. It isn’t clear if that is just rhetoric or if the Islamic Republic is calling in people who have had American visas for questioning. Interestingly, the regime has not focused its spy allegations on Iranian expatriates as a group, though it has often arrested, or at least questioned, expats back home for a family visit.